Shelf-bracket.



EMANUEL F. ROTSHECK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHELF-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed April 11,1906- Selil NO- 311.147.

T0 all whomr it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EMANUEL F. Ro'rsHEoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelf- Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

ing the securing-screw carried by the foot of the brace member.

The object of my invention is to construct a bracket for the support of shelves which may be adjusted to any angle and whichmay be secured in position on the wall without the necessity of independent screws, nails, or other fastening devices, the latter forming in my invention a permanent part of the bracket,

`all as will hereinafter more fully appear from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows:

Referring tothe drawings, 1 represents the upper member or link of the bracket, the same being pivotally coupled or hinged to the strut or brace member 2, the member 1 being provided with an upwardly-deflected lug or finger 3 adjacent to the hinged connection between the members. The inner forked end of the member 1 is hinged to an ear or lug 4, formed on the expanded head 5 of a securingscrew, and the free end of the brace 2 carries a foot-piece 6, which permanently carries a securing-screw 7, the stem 7 of which, Fig. 6, has secured thereto the base or socket portion of awing or head 8, by which the screw is manipulated. The' shelving S rests on the series of members 1, the shelving in turn supporting the articles A which it is designed to carry. Theu turnediingers of the brackets prevent the s elving against accidental displacement.

As seen inFigs. 2 and 3, the the members 1 may assume can be varied at will. The members 1 may be horizontal or inclined upwardly or downwardly, and the adjustment may be made by a simple unscrewing of the screws 7 and 5. The screw 5 is o erated with the turning of the entire brac et as a handle, and when the member 1 isonce securely in lace it is given the proper dip or inclination hy oscillating it about its pivot on the ear 4, when the screw 7 in the foot-piece 6 is driven home. The foot-piece 6 is pivoted to the brace 2 in order to always angle which bear squarely against the face of the wall intended to support it.

Having described my invention, claim is A bracket comprising a pair of hinged mem.- bers, an upward y-turned lug formed on the upper or supporting member adjacent to the hinged connection between the members, a screw having a hinged connection with the free end of said supporting member, a footpiece pivoted or hinged to the free end of the second or brace member, and a securing-screw permanently carried by the foot-piece, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. ILMANUEL F. ROTSHEOK. Witnesses:v

EMIL STAREK,

Jos. A. MICHEL.

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